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Taxonomy
Family:
THIARIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Thiaridae (Family)
> Melanoides (Genus)
> tuberculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Images: Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
From aquarium, Te Puna, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©AJ Goodin
Taxonomy
Family:
THIARIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Thiaridae (Family)
> Melanoides (Genus)
> tuberculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Details: Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Size/Grows to:
Height 32mm
Distribution:
Geothermal spring near Taupo, North Island
Geographical Range:
Fw.N.I.
Notes:
Red Rimmed Melania, Freshwater, Introduced
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nov/2003 Another new Freshwater Snail Introduced into New Zealand: Melanoides tuberculata, Cookia, 15 (p.12)
  • Duggan, I.C. 2002 First record of a wild population of the tropical snail Melanoides tuberculata in New Zealand natural waters, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 36(4) (p.825)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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